The eight-year-old got the better of On His Own by a short head and survived a stewards' inquiry to claim steeplechasing's blue riband event, and Culloty feels his charge has done enough for the current campaign.

Speaking after seeing even-money favourite Prince Of Lombardy win at Thurles in the colours of Lord Windermere's owner Dr Ronan Lambe and under Gold Cup-winning jockey Davy Russell, Culloty said: "He came out of the race great but the decision has been taken not to run him again next season.

"We're very happy with him and he'll be trained for the Gold Cup again next season.

"I've no plan for him but he definitely won't go for the Hennessy Gold Cup again at Newbury.

"Something like the Kinloch Brae Chase back here (Thurles) could be a nice place to start off.

"It all depends on what ground we get in the autumn as he won't race on fast ground."

Reflecting on what has been an amazing few days, the trainer said: "We had good craic on Sunday night and we brought the kids to the St Patrick's Day parade on Monday, with the Gold Cup trophy.

"We also went to a point-to-point, but it was back to work on Tuesday at 6am.

"Since the Gold Cup I haven't had a minute to myself but I'll go away for a few days next week and switch off my phone.